Shoe



C. P COSCIA.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1919.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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T 0, all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, (JIiARLES P. CosoIA, a

citizen of the .United States, residing at I I front half of a shoe in accordance withrjthis Pittsburglnin the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented ce'rtain new and useful Improvements inShoe's,

of which the following isa specification.v

This invention relates to a new'anduseful" article of manufacturecomprising a unitary front half of av shoe adapted. to be used in connection with the repairnient of shoes. a

In the majorityof instances the front] .or vamp portion of a worn shoe is the-first to show the effects ofwearwhile the heel or back portion of'the shoe isstillgenerally in a fair or good condition, and if anew front half of a shoe 1s devised that'can be [it is the object 'of his invent on to proride, as an article of manufacture, aunitary article comprising 'a vampfwelt' andfinner and outer soles, all of whichiare securedto y gether, and so set up that when the front; half of a Vworn'shoe is detached from the v back or heel half of the shoe, the unitary article, termed front half of shoe, can be conveniently attached or secured to the back at the beginning of the arch portion of the outer sole and the welt is disconnected from I thefouter sole at the beginning of the said arch portion; The vamp issecured to the 7 pose specified, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable and efficient in its use, and comparatively inexpen sive to manufacture and attach.

To the accomplishment of these and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists of the novel construction,

. combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing. wherein is shownembodiments of'the invention, but it, is to be understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that various changes in the form, proportion and 'minor details of construction may be resortedto, without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention,

which come within the scope of'the claims hereunto appended; V I a a In the drawing forming a portlon of th1s specification and wherein like numerals of cordance with this invention.

portions of the welt and outer sole. The disconnected rear portions of the insole 2, Welt- 3 and vamp l facilitate the securing of the specification of. Letters Patent. yat e a 3 1 Application filed liecemb er 25,129 191 SeriaiiNqjQQgw, it v a V I throughout the. several views: Y,

igure lis a perspective View of a uni-tar invention" and further showing: in dotted- I P e, 2 im r f p qt evi wfor modified j form of a unitary. frontha-lf of 'ashoe'in ac-f Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1" de notes a ,vamp,-2 an inner sole, ,3a'we1tfand if} an outer sole. The welt, vamp, inner,and l V ,Qutersole's" are secured together in a known manner; The welt "and? outer sole project rearwa rdly from the vamp and thefree ends '7 thereof'areskived off wherebythey canbe conveniently fitted and secured to theV-b a'ck =or heel'halfof theshoefs aid back half; be: i

2 mg shown dottedlinesand indicated at 5. 'llhiih-Sole 2 projects beyond the weltibut dqesnotfoverl'ap or extend to the free orlrear end "of the. outer sole 4. g'lhe rear end of .th eout er sole Ki is rounded and when the frontfhalf {is} secured; to the back- "halfthe .LThe vamp is disconnected from the welt in-sole 2, but the latter projects'therefrom and is disconnected from the projecting rear front half of the shoe to the back half and such disconnected portions enable the posi-- Y tioning of the outer sole with respecttothe heel and the position of the upper of the back portion with respect to the outer sole,

iii-sole and welt. i

The structure described provides a uni-.

back or rear "half of a shoeg'j' h In themodified form shown inFig. 2,105 the vamp-is indicated ate, the welt at 7, the .in-soleat 8fand the outer sole at 9. The. insole, welt and outer sole project rearwardly from the-vamp and the portions which pro-v ject from the vamp are disconnectedffrom 1 10 a 6 l nes theback half of a shoe in position 'relat ve to the front half. 7

end of the outer sole does notextend, entirely across the top of the heel.

each other, that isto say the in-sole is dis-- 7 connected from the welt and the latter from the outer sole; under such conditions vthe.

back or heel half of a shoe can be conven iently connected with the vamp, insole, welt and outer'sole. is not cut away and the same is true of the welt, and are of such length as to be flush with the periphery of-the heel of the back half of the shoe when the front half is sef cured to said back half. The structure'just set forth provides a unitary front half of a shoe so set'up'that it is sold as such and which can be quickly and conveniently attached to the back half of a shoe.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture a unitary front half of a shoe comprising a vamp,

a welt, an in-sole and an outer-sole, said insole secured to sald vamp and pro ecting yrearwardly therefrom, said vamp, welt and outer-sole secured together and sald welt 1 and outer-soleprojecting rearwardly from said vamp, said rearwardly projecting portion of 'the'in-sole disconnected from the rearwardly extending portion of the welt, and said rearwardly extending portion of thcwelt disconnected from the rearwardly extending portion of the outer-sole.

2. As a new article of manufacture a unitary front half of a shoe comprising a "vamp, a welt and anouter-sole, said vamp, welt and outer-sole secured together, and

said welt and outer-sole projecting rearwardly from sald'vamp, saldrearward ex- The in-sole or'the outer soletension of said welt disconnected from the rearwardly extending portion of the outer- .sole.

3. As a new article of manufacture a unitary front half of a shoe comprising a vamp,

a welt, an in-sole and an outer-sole, said vamp, welt, m-sole and outer-sole secured together, said welt, insole and outer-sole projecting rearwardly from said vamp, said rearwardly extending portions of said welt, in-sole and outer-sole disconnected from each other.

tary-fronthalf'of a shoe comprising a vamp,

a welt, an in-sole and an: outer-sole, said welt, in sole'and outer-sole and vamp secured together, and said insole, welt, and outer-sole projecting rearwardly from said vamp, said rearwardy extending portions of said in-sole, welt and outer-sole disconnected from each other, and said welt and outersole having the rear ends thereof skived off.

4; As a new article of manufacture a uni- '5. As a new art-iole'of manufacture'a'shoe- V repair element consisting of a unitary body 'formed from a covering extending transversely of, overlapping and secured to the lower face of aportion of an inner sole,

In testimony whereof I 'aflix my signature.

CHARLES I P.' oosoIA. 

